Cultivator-tongue



I. A. FRANKLIN AND S. E. MANGUM.

Y CULTIVATOR TONGUE- APPLICATION men AUG.30. 1919.

1 43,258, 1 Patented June 15, 1920:

, UNITED STATES.

PATENT: OFFICE;

IVA A. IEYRANKLINVANID SAM E. MANGUM, OF'MOODY, Texas.

7 .CUL'IIVATOR-TONGUE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 15, 1920.

Application filed August 30, 1919. Serial No. 320,856

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, IVA A. FRANxLIN and SAM E. MANGUM, citizens of the United States, residing at Moody, in the county of mitted.

McLennan, State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Cultivator-Tongue, of which Another object is to provide means for holding the,parts against relative movement. I a

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter I more fully described and pointed out in the parting claim it being understood that various changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of the parts without defrom the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as set forth in the appended claim. V

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of the tongue and cultivator and showing the connection therebetween.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the parts and showing, in dotted lines, one of the positionsto which the tongue can shift relative to the cultivator.

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3+3, Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a detail view of the guide plate.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a stub tongue forming a part of a cultivator structure and provided with braces 2 as shown in Fig. 1. Secured to the top and bottom of this stub tongue are plates 3 and 4 adapted to swing about a pivot 5 extending through the stub tongue and secured fixedly to the top and bottom faces of the draft tongue 6, so as to ing bolt 14: which engages the plate 3 and swing therewith. 'A recess 7 is formed in the top face ofthe stub tongue at the free end thereof and seated thereinis a guide plate 8 which can be fastened bya screw 9. This plate has. oppositely extended arcuate guide Wings 10' terminating in stops '11 and the .1 upper plate 3 is adapted to slide on these wlngs when the tongue 6 is swung laterally relatlve to the stub tongue 1. A strap 12 1s secured to the tongue 1 by the pivot device and overhangs the plate 3, there being an opening 13 in the free end portion of this strap for the reception of a connect:

serves as the pivotfor a whifiietree An opening 15 extends through the plates 3 and a and the stub tongue 1 and is adapted to receive a fastening bolt whereby the parts will be held against relative movement. It will be apparent that when there is no fastening bolt within the opening 15 the tongue 6 willbe free to'swing relative to the cultivator from which the stub tongue 1 extends and a wiggle movement will thus be permitted.

What is claimed is The combination with the stub tongue of a cultivator, of a draft tongue plate fixably connected to opposed faces of the draft tongue and extendingalong and pivotally connected to opposed faces of the stub tongue, a guide plate-fastened upon the stub tongue and flush'with one face thereof, ar-

cuate guide wings extending in opposite directions from said plate, stops upon the outer ends of the wings, one of the plates of the draft tongue being movable along the guideplate and wings and against the stops during the swinging of the draft tongue. relative to the stub tongue, there being an 7 opening within the guide plate and within the meeting ends of the tongues for the reception of a bolt to hold the tongues against relative movement, and means for connect- 100 ing a whiflle-tree to the stubtongue, said meansbeing connected to and movable with the-plates of the draft tongue.

In'testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have hereto affixed our sig 105 natures in'the presence of two witnesses.

IVA A. FRANKLIN. SAM E. Witnesses: Y 1

GHAs. C. GARNER, J. A. LAND. 

